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Splendid from @johnjcrace.bsky.social
“If Jenrick has been on a journey, it’s been a circular one. The man with no qualities. No values. No beliefs. Just a needy homunculus for hire. Hitching his wagon to the highest bidder.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“If Jenrick has been on a journey, it’s been a circular one. The man with no qualities. No values. No beliefs. Just a needy homunculus for hire. Hitching his wagon to the highest bidder.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Jenrick’s incredible journey – from self-centred halfwit to self-centred halfwit | John Crace
Reform’s latest defector from the Tories is a politician whose eye has only ever been on his own ambition
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January 18, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Splendid from @johnjcrace.bsky.social
“If Jenrick has been on a journey, it’s been a circular one. The man with no qualities. No values. No beliefs. Just a needy homunculus for hire. Hitching his wagon to the highest bidder.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“If Jenrick has been on a journey, it’s been a circular one. The man with no qualities. No values. No beliefs. Just a needy homunculus for hire. Hitching his wagon to the highest bidder.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The single biggest thing (in cost terms) I’ve changed my mind about is UK tuition fees. Dreadful system, need to scrap it.
This is clearly depressing and radicalising in a way a tax wouldn't have been.
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The single biggest thing (in cost terms) I’ve changed my mind about is UK tuition fees. Dreadful system, need to scrap it.
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"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3
September 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
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"Only when the last tree has been cut, the last river has been poisoned & the last fish been caught will they realize that they can't eat money" old Cree proverb
August 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"Only when the last tree has been cut, the last river has been poisoned & the last fish been caught will they realize that they can't eat money" old Cree proverb
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'Fossil fuel companies have developed and funded a complicated network of fake public interest groups, politicians and lawyers to oppose wind power by spreading disinformation. Legal firms have also received fossil fuel funding to sue wind projects out of existence.
electrek.co/2025/08/25/s...
electrek.co/2025/08/25/s...
Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded. Now they want to silence him.
A report shows how fossil-funded legal groups file bogus lawsuits and spread disinfo about wind - then those lawyers threatened the authors.
electrek.co
August 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
'Fossil fuel companies have developed and funded a complicated network of fake public interest groups, politicians and lawyers to oppose wind power by spreading disinformation. Legal firms have also received fossil fuel funding to sue wind projects out of existence.
electrek.co/2025/08/25/s...
electrek.co/2025/08/25/s...
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I don't think this narrow advisory cycle lane alongside a long, straight road with a 60mph speed limit is going to encourage many people to get on their bikes.
April 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I don't think this narrow advisory cycle lane alongside a long, straight road with a 60mph speed limit is going to encourage many people to get on their bikes.
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1) Trump crashes the market on purpose 2) his rich friends buy up all the stocks at dollar prices 3) trump cancels the tariffs because the “emergency is over" 4) market goes back up 5) his friends richer than ever. He will then be hailed a hero for removing the tariffs and improving the stock market
April 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
1) Trump crashes the market on purpose 2) his rich friends buy up all the stocks at dollar prices 3) trump cancels the tariffs because the “emergency is over" 4) market goes back up 5) his friends richer than ever. He will then be hailed a hero for removing the tariffs and improving the stock market
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"The committee found patients waiting more than 12 hours to be seen in A&E departments and mental health needs 40% greater than anywhere else in the UK. Hospital waiting lists are among the worst in the country"
Northern Ireland is a public services disaster zone
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Northern Ireland is a public services disaster zone
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Northern Ireland’s public services ‘at risk of collapse’
Hospital waiting lists among worst in UK and children with special needs waiting a year for support, report finds
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
"The committee found patients waiting more than 12 hours to be seen in A&E departments and mental health needs 40% greater than anywhere else in the UK. Hospital waiting lists are among the worst in the country"
Northern Ireland is a public services disaster zone
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Northern Ireland is a public services disaster zone
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...